Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) had a pointed suggestion Monday for Donald Trump after he lashed out at communities that don’t want energy-hungry data centers built in their backyards.
“The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want” data centers “is if they want to end up being backwards and poor,” Trump said in a Truth Social post Monday.
“If they want to be successful and rich, with far lower taxes and jobs all over the place, let Data Reign,” the president wrote.
“The good news is that there are plenty of other places that want them. If we kill the Golden Goose, you will only have yourselves to blame,” he continued.
“China could not be happier with this anti Data Center movement. Actually, they can’t believe it is happening!” Trump concluded.
Asked by MeidasTouch Network’s Pablo Manríquez for her response to Trump’s post, Ocasio-Cortez proposed putting one of the energy- and water-intensive facilities somewhere very close to the president.
“Ohh. I mean, how about we put one in Mar-a-Lago?” she replied, referring to Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, home.
“I love that,” Ocasio-Cortez continued.
“Let’s put a data center up in Mar-a-Lago, and we’ll see how backwards and poor he is in response to that,” she added.